Author: Trella Hemmerly Haldeman Romine

Monday, February 20, 1984
Picked up around house as David brought the family with him to Hemmerly’s. I picked them up around noon, grocery shopped, got McDonald hamburgers & brought home for lunch. Showed kids my calligraphy. Cooked pot roast – broccoli – Waldorf Salad – cherry pie & brownies. David had found the “bug” in his payroll program so we toasted in red wine from a plane ride. Then he cleaned up some Cemetery glitches. They left about 8. Suzannah [sic] was so good all day – just look at her & she smiles.

Sunday, February 19, 1984
Picked Madge Guthery up at 12:20 – after cleaning interior of Olds – To Asheville, OH, south of Columbus for meeting of So. Ohio Pres. Soc. at restored train station. Good slide show on Asheville restoration. Talked to Kathleen Kelley about nomination of Women’s Club Home – Madge’s friend Mrs. Van Meter president. Visited 3 churches & museum. Had pizza & salad before leaving. Dave didn’t go to BYF – no clean jeans.

Saturday, February 18, 1984
To Center at 12:45 to host Camera Club – Only Dick & Barbara West & Don Novatny came – they took no pictures but I showed them around. At 2, 8 MCHS members & Bob & Carol & Bobbie Whitman came to put labels on 3,500 flyers about Jim Thorpe book. Finished about 5 – I went to shop to copy first 85 pages of galley proofs – First chance I’ve had to read it. Tremendous research job. Served coffee & cookies to workers.

Watched Olympics on TV.

Friday, February 17, 1984
[No entry]

Thursday, February 16, 1984
First chipmunk at bird feeder.
Wrote to June Howe inviting her for Mch – to Langard telling her we have no record of Nathan Hildreth. Worked on Cemetery Records – Finished Green Camp Twp & am cleaning up entries by others.

Called David to be sure he got the $1,000 loan I sent yesterday. 2 Gold Medal winners for America at Olympics Downhill men – Johnson, Scott Hamilton men’s figure skating.

Bob Whitman called – flyers for Jim Thorpe book have arrived. Will get ready to mail Sat. at Center.

Wednesday, February 15, 1984
Slept until 10:00 – Deposited $950 interest check from National City Bank $2,000 1 1/2 yr. CD 15.5% interest – David needs to pay rental for car he had to have because of drunk driver hitting him on Dec. 22. Will have to sue to get it. Sent David $1,000 – Renewed kid’s CDs – kept out $500 for Kris European trip & $250 for Dave’s airline ticket to Reno.

156 lbs. at Gloria Marshall – and afer no lunch for 2 days.

Valentine week sales upo $1,000 total $26,000.

Dinner at Turroff’s with Mary & Carl – To Calligraphy Class – learned m,n,o,p,q,r,s & u.

Tuesday, February 14, 1984
Delivered to Caledonia school & River Valley Gen Tel before getting to work at 9:15. David had gone in at 8:00 & was just leaving with 54 deliveries West. George Longacre, Bob Lichtenberg & Debbie ?? also delivering. Terry Zacharias helped until 1 – very busy – David left for SW Marion Co. about 5 & got home at 11:00. Total of 450 deliveries. I was totally exhausted. Home about 7:30 – Last delivery truck in at 8:30.

Called Kathi – Mary & Ken back from Hawaii on schedule. Mary snorkled near Capt. Cook monument.

Monday, February 13, 1984
David up from Cincinnati to help deliver. I went in at 9:00. Had small conference on how to enter wire service information for accountant & then go too busy to finish. I routed all day.

Maxine Marshall & Mary Jo Baker in to work on computer for cemetery records.

Picked Dave up at 3 to “jump”* & he brought Chris Opp with him. Got a pizza to bring home at 8.

David brought his check book programs up & showed me how to run it.

[*ride along on deliveries to jump out of truck and run delivery to door.]

Sunday, February 12, 1984
Dave slept until 1 – I worked on cemetery records.

In at 5 to attend sub-party for BYF & parents at Trinity. Klenzman & Curry’s wanted input from parents on what they expected for their children from BYF. No one but me even knew what BYF stood for. Told them what BYPU* had meant to me in developing leadership & friendship.

[*Baptist Youth Fellowship and Baptist Young Peoples’ Union]

Saturday, February 11, 1984
Watched Winter Olympics – skate dancing gorgeous.
Dave chipped ice off lower driveway.
Paper looks exactly what I wanted – brings room together.
Space Shuttle Challenger landed in Florida 1st time.

Invited Mary Jordan for lunch – had “impossible bacon pie” – a bisquick quiche – tossed salad, fruit salad, brownies & coffee. Showed her some family treasures from Mother. Went through closets & gave her 3 ft. stack of clothing for her family. Nice to have a one to one visit. Howard ate lunch with us. 50 degrees.

Figured out In & Out order “formulas” for figures to give to Holbrook. Looks like Cheryl has been giving accountant wrong information & I thought she knew what she was doing!